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A Jamaica Dinner and Ball Tale From a Travel Journal
A vivid Jamaica diary recounts a large dinner party with fine wines and a chaotic ball scene. The narrator, Tom Cringe, describes misadventures with ants, a hot walk, and clumsy entrances into a drawing room, ending with a comic clash over proper attire and admission to the ball.
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